[Federal Register: May 31, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 692]
Approval of Export Processing Activity Dane Company, Inc. (Dairy
Product/Sugar Blending) Within Foreign-Trade Zone 43, Battle Creek, MI
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations, requires
approval of the Board prior to commencement of new manufacturing/
processing activity within existing zone facilities;
Whereas, the BC/CAL/KAL Inland Port Development Corporation,
operator of FTZ 43, has requested authority under Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of
the Board's regulations on behalf of the Dane Company, Inc., to process
under zone procedures foreign-origin sugar and foreign-origin dairy
products for export (1,500 metric tons annually) within FTZ 43, Battle
Creek, Michigan (filed 12-15-93, FTZ Docket A(32b1)-6-93; Doc. 15-94,
assigned 4-8-94);
Whereas, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), the Commerce Department's
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration has the authority to act
for the Board in making such decisions on new manufacturing/processing
activity under certain circumstances, including situations where the
proposed activity is for export only (Sec. 400.32(b)(1)(ii)); and,
Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed the proposal, taking into
account the criteria of Sec. 400.31, and the Executive Secretary has
recommended approval;
Now, therefore, the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
acting for the Board pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the
recommendation and hereby approves the request subject to the Act and
the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the
further requirement that all foreign-origin sugar and foreign-origin
dairy products admitted to the zone for the Dane Company operation
shall be reexported.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of May 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 94-13201 Filed 5-27-94; 8:45 am]
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